6 pages is only about 3000 words. That shouldn't take you too long fresh.
I've got to say, I think both those pieces are incredibly ugly. A bit like some families I guess.
It's fairly easy to see the meaning in the two pieces though...don't you think?
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I don't quite understand the "Family Tree" though to be honest. I'm gonna take a guess and say that he has the names of his ancestors written on his face until you can't see his skin. Stressing the importance that he is not his ancestors, he is his own unique individual and isn't defined by the past that he had no control over?
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I see the opposite. That he is a product of all his ancestors. The first face is at the begining and the last face is him...at the end with all the history and culture and traditions all mixed up in him. In effect, he is all of them and they are all him. I'm not sure if he means that now he's the 'complete' version of what his family has been working towards though. In a way that's what it says to me, which possibly suggests the artist is slightly egotistical (wow what a surprise..lol)